One of
the many advantages of being a member of the KAS is
access to its library. The book, CD-ROM,
and DVD collection is kept on a cart at the Kalamazoo Area
Math
& Science Center. Items from the library are
available for
check out at most general meetings. All
you need is your current membership card.

To borrow a book,
write the date, your name and phone number on the back of the card in
the space
provided. Place the card in the black
card box. Normally the book will be due at
the next meeting. To renew just resign
and date the card. Return the
books to the “Return Books Here” area on the cart.

We also have periodicals. Our extensive
collection of Astronomy
and Sky
& Telescope
magazines is now kept at a separate storage facility due to space and
weight
issues. If you would like a specific
issue or issues please contact the librarian (details below) at least 24 hours
before the next
general
meeting. To check out a magazine, write the
date, name, phone and magazine name and date on the Magazine Check out Sheet
on the cart.

We welcome additions, especially newer books
on any aspect
of astronomy, space science, or space exploration. Our
magazine holdings are listed below. We would like to fill the
gaps but don’t want
duplicates. If you really need them out of your house we suggest senior
centers
or senior housing, many of which have reading
rooms/libraries. Who knows, maybe a KAS member would
want to add them to their collection.

Red
Giants and White Dwarfsby Robert
Jastrow
(a classic)The
Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universeby Timothy
Ferris (1977)The Sun, the
Earth, and
Near-Earth Space: A Guide to the Sun-Earth Systemby John A. Eddy (2009)

Constellations
Cosmic Collisions
Dark Matter/Dark Energy
Jupiter the Giant Planet
Life and Death of a Star
Mars the Red Planet
Runaway Universe
Saturn: Lord of the Rings
Secrets of the Sun
Spaceship Earth
The End of Earth: Deep Space
Threats to Our Planet
The Moon

Cassini-Huygens
Mission:
Saturn Essays 1 - 3(NASA/JPL)Cosmic
Collisions20
minute program
from NASA and the American Museum of Natural History

Explorer
1: Beginnings of the Space AgeFollow
the story of
how the U.S. entered the Space Age, Produced by JPLHubble
Source(NASA, 2003)Ring
WorldNASA/JPL
program on the Cassini mission to Saturn, 2004Ring
World 2NASA/JPL
revision on the Cassini
mission to Saturn, 2005Ultimate
Space CollectionFive
Discovery Channel Programs